Meaning

noun a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

noun the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden

noun a yard or lawn adjoining a house

originFrom Middle English gardyn, garden, from Anglo-Norman gardin, from Frankish *gardin-, oblique stem of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), whence also inherited English yard. (compare Old French jart alongside jardin, Medieval Latin gardīnus). Doublet of jardin and of garth. Displaced Old English wyrttūn. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian gard, Low…

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